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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407170 | Wire short-nosed walking aid with seat and method A short-nosed wheeled walking aid has (a) a substantially horizontal base member having a front perimeter, a rear perimeter, a right perimeter and a left perimeter; (b) a front wheel assembly mounted to and supporting the base member adjacent the front perimeter, (c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407169 | Seat assembly for a shopping cart A seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of the shopping cart and a seat member made from a plastic material. The seat member is mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a position to ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7350799 | Coupling device for a handling trolley A coupling device for a handling trolley comprises a drawbar (22) arranged at the front of the trolley and designed to co-operate with the hook (24) provided at the back of a tractor, in particular a trolley preceding a line of trolleys. The drawbar ( | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322582 | Enhanced shopping cart with lowered center of gravity and frame therefor A new shopping cart includes a wheeled base having forward and rear portions, a pedestal formed on the base for supporting a container or basket thereon, where the pedestal is secured to the base at a location between the forward and rearward ends of the base, and t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320472 | Cart for stocking inventory and methods for making same A cart is described that has a wheeled base and an upright frame extending upwardly from the base. A side frame extends upwardly from the base and abuts the upright frame. The upper face of the base, the front face of the upright frame and the inside face of the sid... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7303198 | Trolley wheel assembly A trolley includes a front wheel assemblie (12) and a rear wheel assembly both assemblies mounted on a trolley frame. The front wheel assembly (12) includes a fixed wheel assembly (24) to aid control of the trolley. In one form the front wheel a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273216 | Welding tank cart system A welding tank cart system for providing efficient transportation of welding tanks and welding supplies. The welding tank cart system includes a frame, a pair of side wheels, a wheel support connected to the frame, and a front wheel connected to the wheel support, w... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243929 | Utility cart The utility cart has a first pair of corner posts, a second pair of corners posts, a shelf, a front support bar, a pair of parallel side support bars, and a back support bar, which is particularly suited for supporting a drawstring garment bag for receiving garments... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229085 | Ball storage cart A moveable ball cart having a lower receptacle and an upper receptacle vertically stacked and spaced, with the top of each being open. Each of the receptacles is accessible through its top and through a vertically hinged door in a sidewall that pivots horizontally. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216875 | Shopping cart having caster lift In a shopping cart, which is nestable with similar carts, a transverse extending member bridges two longitudinally extending members, each mounting a cam-engaging member. Two cams are mounted to the transversely extending members. When engaged by the cam-engaging me... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213816 | Cart for stocking inventory and methods for making same A cart is described that has a wheeled base and an upright frame extending upwardly from the base. A side frame extends upwardly from the base and abuts the upright frame. The upper face of the base, the front face of the upright frame and the inside face of the sid... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198279 | Guide wheel assembly for carts A guide wheel assembly adapted to retrofit a shopping cart having a guide wheel capable of only rotating in the intended direction of travel of the shopping cart and a flexible one piece mechanism possessing strong material memory such that constant contact between ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188847 | Collapsible cart A collapsible cart for transporting multiple items includes a horizontal platform with wheels for maneuvering and a rack mounted thereto in an upwardly extending configuration. At least one basket supporting assembly for alternately stowing and deploying at least on... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185899 | Riser cart A riser cart including a cart support frame, a first swing arm post assembly and a second swing arm post assembly. The cart support frame has a plurality of wheels rotatably attached thereto. The first swing arm post assembly is mounted to the cart support frame. Th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182350 | Cart with auxiliary wheels A cart with auxiliary wheels has a body having a bottom and two ends, a handle, at least one front swiveling wheel, a set of rear swiveling wheels and a set of auxiliary wheels. The handle is formed on the body. The front swiveling wheels and the rear swiveling whee... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168715 | Collapsible cart A collapsible cart for transporting multiple items having a horizontal platform with wheels for maneuvering, and a plurality of detachable baskets mounted on basket supporting assemblies. The basket supporting assemblies are pivotally mounted so as to be capable of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7128330 | Transportable storage container assembly A transportable storage container assembly for transport by a tow vehicle. The assembly includes a trailer having a center rail with a two-point trailer hitch at the front end and a pivotable single wheel at the rear end. The trailer has a first cross channel adjace... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7080844 | Transportable shopping cart A transportable cart having a basket with a lift mechanism that raises the unit to the cargo floor height of the vehicle, and also used to lower the basket to a comfortable working height for the user while shopping. A slide mechanism includes a frame member, a set ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7017920 | Shopping trolley A shopping trolley (10) has a basket (11), handle (12) and front and rear wheels (13, 14). The basket (11), tapered in plan view, has side walls (15, 16) interconnected by a front wall (17). The rear wall (19) ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6953199 | Container assembly with supplementary support structure A container assembly designed for the collection, temporary storage and transport of refuse, waste material or other objects including a housing having a hollow interior in which the refuse is collected and stored and further including a supplementary support struct... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932363 | Portable universal cart A collapsible and portable cart for universal use in a wide variety of residential and commercial environments, transporting different and various items, while shopping, gardening, laundry, transporting boxes or luggage, etc. The cart has base portion with wheels, w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6902175 | Material handling cart The present invention provides a new material handling cart adapted for easy travel over uneven surfaces including a pair of independently extendable handles, and optionally having a convertible secondary deck assembly. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880838 | Material cart for use on curved surface roofs A cart for transport of material, such as tools, equipment, supplies and the like on curved surface roofs of a building or other structure which as a varying or changing slope. The cart has a base frame mounted on rear wheels and forward casters. The base frame atta... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6869097 | Multi-level hand cart with access door A multi-level personal utility cart includes a handle having an upper portion, opposing side portions and a lower portion, a first basket assembly including panels at the front, sides, and bottom thereof, the first basket assembly being supported by the handle, a se... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866289 | Multi-level personal hand cart A multi-level personal utility cart includes a handle having an upper portion, opposing side portions and a lower portion, a first basket assembly including panels at the front, sides, and bottom thereof, the first basket assembly being supported by the handle, a se... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6773081 | Cabinet for conveying medicine A cabinet for conveying medicine which occupies a small space when not in use and which can hold the various sizes of medicine buckets. A plurality of medicine bucket supporting members (3a, 3b) for supporting multiple stages of medicine ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6698772 | Stroller stand An apparatus for use with umbrella types of folding strollers includes a platform with two casters disposed under opposite rear corners thereof. A pair of members are attached to the platform and extend vertically a predetermined distance from two opposit... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6565102 | Folding storage assembly A folding storage assembly includes a first panel having first and second end portions, a second panel having first and second end portions, and a third panel having first and second end portions. The first panel is pivotally connected to the second panel... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6536786 | Stackable pushcart A stackable, vehicle-shaped, pushcart designed for transporting small children and cargo that can be stacked with a plurality of other pushcarts in a small confined space. The pushcart includes a lightweight frame assembly, an upward extending handle asse... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6533297 | Shopping cart An improved shopping cart with a floating basket: The basket is moveable in response to downward and/or lateral forces applied against the basket. The ability of the basket to move in response to such forces reduces the tendency for the shopping cart to t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6394470 | Stock cart In a six-wheel stock cart 10 including a dolly frame 1 having a nesting construction, free casters 2 attached to bottom surfaces of the dolly frame 1 that are near four corners of the dolly frame, a pair of stationary casters 3 attached to a bottom surfac... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6340168 | Convertible chair and walker assembly A convertible chair and walker assembly for providing additional support for persons with limited mobility. The convertible chair and walker assembly includes a frame assembly, a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame assembly adapted for facilitating t... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6331009 | Control wheel assembly for trolleys A trolley control wheel assembly adapted to be fitted to a trolley having a longitudinal axis of travel includes (1) an array of castors; (2) a fixed wheel or wheels adapted to be positioned at or near the load center of the trolley or at or near the cent... | 12/18/2001 |
| 5865449 | Compact shopping cart A cart designed to carry small to intermediate volumes of products, to be easier to maneuver than existing, full-scale shopping carts, to consume less space, both during use and when in a storage configuration, and, due to convenience and ease of use, to ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5458347 | Bumper arrangement for nestable carts A plastic basket of a nestable cart is supported upon a frame thereof by a reinforcing member that is integrally formed with at least one bumper at the front panel of the cart. The bumper is adapted to contact a support member carried by a rear panel of a... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5409245 | Platform type hand cart with universal molded bed A platform type hand cart includes a molded resin load carrying bed that is universally adaptable for both nesting and non-nesting cart configurations. The cart bed is slightly tapered from its rearward end to its forward end to enhance nestability, has a... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5385357 | Rear folding backrest for seat compartment of an over-the-counter shopping cart An over-the-counter shopping cart having an improved baby seat compartment wherein the backrest of the baby seat is hinged to collapse rearwardly towards the back wall of the cart whenever the main merchandise-carrying basket is hinged upwardly to nest th... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5356161 | Carriage In a movable carriage having upright walls the bottom is pivotally connected with the walls and has two bottom portions pivotally connected with one another, so that in a horizontal position the bottom can support goods, in a completely upright position a... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5354079 | Nestable adjustable stroller A nestable adjustable stroller having a chassis with upper and lower crossbars and a seat having a series of ribs on the bottom and a hanger bracket mounted on the back. In the seating position the back of the seat rests against the upper crossbar, and th... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5350182 | Shopping cart having undercarriage tray with integral basket For a shopping cart, an undercarriage comprises a tubular frame and a tray, a back portion of which includes an integral basket having a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls. The frame has two lateral portions extending longitudinally between the f... | 09/27/1994 |
